We're a friendly programming community made up of over 4,000 programmers in Berkeley and the San Francisco Bay Area. All programming languages and levels of experience are welcome!

There are many great tech events happening in San Francisco and Oakland, but not enough towards Berkeley and El Cerrito, so this group currently focuses on those areas. Also, while some groups focus on specific language or types of programming, we're open to all kinds of programming, not just web development.

How We Are Different

There are dozens of local meetup groups that teach people how to code. Here are some ways that we are different from most other groups:

We are building a local community of friendly, creative, highly-motivated programmers in the Berkeley area.

We're open to all programming languages, all levels of ability, and all types of programming (machine learning, scientific computing, hardware, systems programming, Web development, game programming, computer graphics, and more). If you like things like data science, lisps, logic, puzzles, esolangs, and mathematics you will probably find like-minded people here.

If you are looking for a job, we would like to help you find a job -- and if you're just programming because you love programming, or you are interested in entrepreneurship instead of getting a job, this community is ideal for those things as well.

Programming Bootcamp Alternative

You can attend our meetings as a self-directed, coding bootcamp alternative. Experienced programmers in the group can offer mentorship on a project-based approach to learning. This community is self-directed -- if you would like assistance with forming a study plan, let us know in the forum, chatroom, and/or at the meetups.

What we do:

Learn how to build software

Prepare to get into a code school or use the group as a bootcamp alternative!